{"id":195,"date":"2023-03-27T16:21:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/artichoke\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:17:59","slug":"on-the-art-of-translating-from-ottoman-or-turkish-to-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/artichoke\/resources\/on-the-art-of-translating-from-ottoman-or-turkish-to-english\/","title":{"rendered":"On the art of Translating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In this section, we share with you relatively recent (2020 onward) discussions, round tables, and TED Talks by translators who address issues in translating Ottoman and Turkish literature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maureen Freely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HwOpiI6Hi6E\">Translating the landscape: An overview of 20 years spent traveling between Turkish and English<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>2023<\/h4>\n<p>Hubbell, Ralph Peters.<a href=\"http:\/\/Hubbell, Ralph Peters. \u201cForeignizing the Foreign: Aron Aji Translates Ferit Edg\u00fc.\u201d Words Without Borders, 9 Mar. 2023.\"> \u201cForeignizing the Foreign: Aron Aji Translates Ferit Edg\u00fc.\u201d<\/a> <em data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"147\">Words Without Borders<\/em>, 9 Mar. 2023.<\/p>\n<p><span>Y\u0131lmaz, Simge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sic-journal.org\/Article\/Index\/756#\">&#8220;Translating Turkish Literature into Turkish? 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